2016 Hammerdown Brewcup Recap


The road to Hammerdown Brewcup was paved in beer. Circle City Zymurgy made a few stops along the way to the competition. MadTree Brewing, Listermann Brewing Company, Braxton Brewing Company, and a victory lap back at Listermann Brewing before ending the night at Skyline :).

We had an awesome time, and were able to lock down three awards this go round. Altogether CCZ entered 13 beers into the competition. Jenn Myers placed 1st in Belgian Strong Ales for her Belgian Golden Strong “Hoge Vennen”, Steve Kent place 2nd in Smoke-Flavored and Wood Aged Beer for his Rauchbier “Bamberger Helper”, and Erik Howell took 2nd in the Sour Ale category for his Straight Unblended Lambic “Circle City Zymurgy Lambic.” The Hammerdown Brewcup results can be found here.

2016 Bloomington Craft Beer Festival

Bloomington Craft Beer Festival does not disappoint! Had an awesome time spreading the homebrew gospel at the Woolery Stone Mill this year. The weather was beautiful, the beer flowed like wine, and the cask tent was firkin close to our booth. CCZ shared a Berliner Weisse, Belgian Dubbel, Sweet Cider, and Dry Cider. Some of my personal favorite flavors (and hopefully available on draft in Indy soon) were Tin Man’s Weld Pear Sour Ale, Taxman’s Apropos Apricot Saison, Daredevil’s Rauchbier, and Grand Junction’s Midnight Espresso Stout. The Woolery Stone Mill has been a truly unique and beautiful venue for one of my favorite beer festivals of the year. We were so happy to be a part of the event.

Spencer Mason dropped by to show off his mole hands. Those cups made everyone’s hands look huge! Fantastic beers from Grand Junction Brewing this festival BTW.

People anxiously awaiting the Early Bird enty.

Thanks again to the Bloomington Hop Jockey’s for helping us setup! They were also kind enough to let us use their jockey box. Everything went smoothly for the most part. The weather was perfect serving temperature. No need for ice at all.

One of the things I like most about this venue.

I really hope they keep this tasting at the Woolery Stone Mill next year. So many great memories from this festival.

Gooble Gobble, Be One Of Us

Circle City Zymurgy is looking for new members, and this weekend’s meeting would be a great time to sign up. The event starts at the Upland Tasting Room on 49th and College at 7PM. We’ll explain what CCZ is all about, grab a pint of delicious Upland beer, and then have a bottle share in the Uptown building. This event has been a long time coming, and we are super excited to share our progress with you. If you are interested you can sign up for the event via our Facebook event page. If you plan on attending the bottle share afterwards, please bring a bottle of something special (commercial or homebrew)! We’ll make sure to do the same. Lets make this event noteworthy!

Sour Brewing Party VI: Jason Lives!!!


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